Every fall for the last 20+ years legendary singer-songwriter Neil Young has assembled an all-star roster of musicians for a charity concert to benefit the Bridge School – which assists
Back in late 1969 and early 1970, the Miles Davis Quintet boasted a line-up that included Chick Corea on keys, Jack DeJohnette on drums, Dave Holland on bass and the
Two members of the Grateful Dead, Bob Weir and Phil Lesh, launched their latest band, Furthur, with three shows at the Fox Theatre in Oakland, CA this past weekend that featured nearly every classic Dead song ever written.
Joining Phil and Bobby as part of Furthur were drummer extraordinaire “Sir” Joe Russo, guitarist John Kadlecik of quintessential Dead cover band the Dark Star Orchestra as well as Jay Lane and Jeff Chimenti of RatDog.
You’d think Kadlecik – a guy who “plays” Jerry every night with his own band would sing all of Garcia’s parts, but Weir sang lead on a number of Jerry songs. Yet, the crowd would go nuts whenever Kadlecik stepped to the mic.
Let’s take a look at the setlists…
Friday, September 18
Set One: Jam> The Other One> The Wheel, Jack Straw> Music Never Stopped> Bird Song> Born Cross-Eyed> Let It Grow
Set Two: Lost Sailor> St. Of Circumstance, Althea, Scarlet Begonias> Fire On The Mountain, St. Stephen> The Eleven> Foxy Lady Jam> Terrapin Station> Not Fade Away
Encore: Donor Rap/Intros, Touch of Grey
READ ON for audio, video and more from Furthur…
Pavement – Shady Lane
I wasn’t sure Jimi Hendrix’s iconic songs could withstand any more bent-note guitar storms, feedback or art damage; as you probably know, the dude became, oh, a bit of a name for not exactly playing solos that sounded like everyone else. But then I hadn’t before heard them through the prism of Richard Lloyd, who has quite the back story with Hendrix & this year released an intriguing album, The Jamie Neverts Story,
The album itself is fun, but winds up a tad slight: sure, hearing Lloyd deconstruct classic Hendrix like Purple Haze, Spanish Castle Magic and Castles Made of Sand is a lark, but there’s not enough Lloyd in any of it – he rarely cuts loose beyond straight covers, bending the edges slightly at times but never making any of the songs his own.
Lloyd’s Thursday night set at (Le) Poisson Rouge, however, saw him bringing many of the Hendrix material to bear the way you’d hope a guitar sorcerer like Lloyd would: still played straight, yes, but with a lot more of Lloyd’s personality and lengthy guitar heroics that sounded more like the mind-squishing art-rock of Lloyd’s career, and helped, of course, by his mixing of other chestnuts from that decades-long catalog (yes, including Television) into the mix. READ ON for more from Chad on Jounce & Richard Lloyd…
Biography will air profiles of two musicians that couldn’t have less in common on Thursday with looks at both Cat Stevens and Weird Al Yankovic. Stevens, now known as Yusuf
Gov't Mule's By A Thread might be the closest thing we ever get to a modern day Warren Haynes solo effort (unless rumors of such a project from the last few months turn out to be true.) Every individual element of style favored by the guitarist/vocalist/songwriter is covered within the album's hour-plus running time, which might make for a splintered sound except that his connection to Gov't Mule as a group is absolutely unyielding. And vice-versa.
These days Rob Marscher is a proud member of Hasidic reggae star Matisyahu’s touring band. Although laying down dub reggae grooves is a bit of a departure from Marscher’s improvisational/jazz routines, he’s keeping active and relevant to a new beat.
It’s a tale that’s been told before: young person grows up on the poor end of the avenue with a dream of making it in the music world; works hard; gets knocked down; works even harder; gets a break/makes a connection; career takes off; explosion of fame, fortune, and bad habits followed by a roller coaster of comebacks and nosedives. After a number of chapters of tightrope walking, we end up with either a tragic crash-and-burn or a soul salvation.
Paste is devoted to Pearl Jam today as they posted a number of articles about Eddie & Co.. One piece that’s of particular interest to our readers compares the grunge
